PAT: Punctuation and Grammar

1. PAT: Punctuation and Grammar

2. NZCER's literacy assessment toolbox

3. The importance of punctuation and grammar

4. What can happen if we don’t get “it” right?

5. Divider Slide

9. Why punctuation and grammar are important: • Knowing how language works is liberating! • Punctuation and grammar play vital roles in conveying meaning of written text. • When writers learn how to use punctuation and grammar for effect, they gain increasing control of the writing process.

10. Activity: Which sentence below uses quotation marks (‘’) to suggest something may not be true? A The park sign read, ‘Please keep to the paths’. B The jury was not fooled by the man’s ‘proof’ of his innocence. C‘Te Aroha’ is one of my grandfather’s favourite songs. D Denis Glover, a New Zealand poet, wrote a poem called ‘The Magpie’.

11. Activity: Which sentence below is unclear because it has two possible meanings? A Sylvia’s mother is sick, and she can’t come to the meeting. B The boy had to stay home because he had upset his mother. C Our crops will benefit from the rain, even though it has spoiled our picnic. D Winning the relay was our school’s last chance to come first at the carnival.

12. What punctuation and grammar skills does the NZC expect students to learn?

14. The PAT:Punctuation and Grammar assessment

15. How does this assessment approach punctuation and grammar? “Grammar can be thought of as a way of describing [language] patterns. Rather than a set of rules, grammar…provides a way of ‘exploring and analysing how language works’ to create meaning (Myhill, 2011, p.14).” “Punctuation works alongside sentence structures and language patterns to create meaning.” (pgs 8-9, PAT: Punctuation and Grammar Teacher Manual)

16. Activity: What are Sam’s strengths? What are Sam’s learning needs? What are Sam’s next steps?

17. About the new PAT assessment Multiple-choice questions Questions assess punctuation, grammar use, and grammar knowledge Seven tests of increasing difficulty, designed for Year 4-10 students

18. Figure 5, pg 33 of Teacher Manual Figure 5

19. Activity: 6 5 4 3 2 1 Scale score (patpg )

20. This new assessment and reporting Reports scale scores and stanines Student progress report to track progress over time New individual report See section 4 from pg 19 of Teacher Manual See pg 44 of Teacher Manual and slide 23 See Part C of Teacher Manual and next two slides

23. Pg 44 of Teacher Manual Y 5 + 4.6 Y 4

24. More about this new PAT assessment Scale descriptions – describe three main question types, and other aspects of each type. Scale descriptions – show the level of difficulty of questions.

25. PAT: Punctuation and Grammar scale descriptions: Punctuation overview Punctuation: to end a sentence Punctuation: apostrophes Punctuation: commas Grammar Use overview Grammar Use: connectives, and phrases and clauses Grammar Use: verbs Grammar Use: vocabulary Grammar Knowledge overview Grammar Knowledge

26. Part of pg 77 of Teacher Manual

27. Part of pg 79 of Teacher Manual

28. How you can use this new assessment to improve teaching and learning

29. “The primary purpose of assessment is to improve students’ learning and the teachers’ teaching as both…respond to the information that it provides.” New Zealand Curriculum, page 39

30. Activity: How could information gained from this assessment be used?

31. arb.nzcer.org.nz

32. To have a go using the NZCER Marking Services:www.nzcermarking.org.nzusername:  admin777password:  patdemo

33. Ordering this new assessment from NZCER:http://www.nzcer.org.nz/tests/pat-punctuation-and-grammar

34. Thank you